Melissa Silverstein: Interview with Sandra Nettlebeck: Writer/Director of Helen  [The Huffington Post]
I didn't really know much about Helen (except that it was going to be released this summer) until I got an email from Sandra Nettlebeck,...

George Dawes Green simply terrifies with 'Ravens': New in Paperback  [The Cleveland Plain Dealer]
"Ravens" works especially because of Green's smooth execution, shifting points-of-view and unbalanced characters.

Valedictorian’s Commencement Speech: Time to Unite  [Port Washington News]
(Editor’s note: This is the commencement speech that was given by 2010 Schreiber Valedictorian Luke Record, published here in its entirety.) Before I begin, I would just like to thank those who helped me with this speech, particularly Mrs. Mills and Mrs. Schulman. Just like all the teachers here at Schreiber, they were willing to go above and beyond what was required of them, and for that I will ...

Rabbi Follows Marital Advice Success With Book for Women  [The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]
Defying men’s general resistance to relationship books, “The Garden of Peace: A Marital Guide for Men Only,” by Rabbi Shalom Arush, was a surprise Jewish hit last year, selling more than a half-million copies in English, Hebrew, French and Spanish worldwide.

Are you addicted to cosmetics?  [Los Angeles Times]
For some people, a poor self-image can translate into an unhealthy relationship with beauty products.

Are you addicted to cosmetics?  [Chicago Tribune]
For some people, a poor self-image can translate into an unhealthy relationship with beauty products. For some people, a poor self-image can translate into an unhealthy relationship with beauty products.

How can I stop the village gossips from talking about me?  [Daily Telegraph]
InsideOut: our relationships expert, Sarah Abell, advises a reader on how to deal with being the subject of village gossip.

Are you addicted to cosmetics?  [Baltimore Sun]
For some people, a poor self-image can translate into an unhealthy relationship with beauty products. Are there multiple shampoos in your shower caddy? Old face creams gathering dust in your cabinet? Have you been accused of having a bathroom that looks like a Sephora store?

Women go barking mad for puppy love  [Scotland on Sunday]
THEY FRAME their baby pictures, dress them in adorable outfits and lavish them with gifts at Christmas. But it's not babies that Scotland's women are doting over; it&#

EUR Film Review: Life during Wartime  [EURweb]
*Taking a page from the Coen Brothers, whose semi-autobiographical A Serious Man captured what life was like coming of age in the late Sixties, Todd Solondz, here, serves up a much more twisted take on growing up Jewish in Florida instead of the Midwest. Life during Wartime also revolves around a 12 year-old (Dylan Riley [...]

Notable/Quotable: Irv Gotti Compares Nicki Minaj To Lauryn Hill  [Black Voices]
Filed under: Music , Star Quotes "The world has yet to see the best of Nicki Minaj. What she's delivering to the world now is basically what they want. But I know that she's a super talented superstar who can do anything at a high level-rap, sing, act, whatever she wants to do...In my opinion she is as talented as my other girl Lauryn Hill. They have completely different styles. But as far as ...

Four lovers and a wife in the freezer  [Daily Mail: World News]
Chef Peter Wallner killed his wife with a cast-iron pan then emabrked on a spree of deceit. He dated a string of vulnerable women. How could they fall for him? Here one explains.

D-i-v-o-r-c-e is contagious  [Lancaster Online]
Mary said she grew up believing that marriage was forever.But when her husband went off to find himself, he discovered a network of friends who supported any choice that brought personal happiness. And Mary, who asked that her real name not be used, eventually found herself divorced.Shakespeare wrot...

Cardboard king's dark side  [WA Today]
He may have been generous, charming and charismatic, but cardboard king Richard Pratt had a much darker side.

The shadow side of a cardboard king  [Brisbane Times]
He may have been generous, charming and charismatic, but mogul Richard Pratt had a dark side. Michael Bachelard explores a world in which money bought everything - except honour.

Pratt's shadow side  [The Age]
He may have been generous, charming and charismatic, but cardboard king Richard Pratt had a dark side.

Locked out of happiness  [The Age]
Gay marriage is not about symbolism, politics or taking a stand. It is about letting more than 1 million Australians join an institution that makes people happier.

Why it's never too late to be a lesbian  [Guardian Unlimited]
More and more women are discovering after years of marriage to men, and having had children, that they are lesbians. Were they always – or is sexuality more fluid? For Carren Strock, the revelation came when she was 44. She had met her husband – "a terrific guy, very sweet" – at high school when she was 16, had been married to him for 25 years, had two dearly loved children, and what she ...

Bethenny Frankel on When She's 'Out of Whack'  [People Magazine]
"I'm a strong force, so when I'm out of whack, the dynamic is as well," the reality star blogs

Interview With Andrea Mitchell of NBC  [Scoop.co.nz]
QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for doing this interview today. You have come to Pakistan at a very difficult time. Perhaps it’s always a difficult time in Pakistan, but terror attacks, increasing security threats, and attacks in ...

TV Ratings: NBC's 'Got Talent,' FOX's got demo Tuesday  [Zap2It]
Fast National ratings for Tuesday, July 20, 2010The "America's Got Talent" rather lackluster semifinals did well for NBC, drawing the most viewers, but FOX's lineup was a hit with the coveted adult demo.NBC averaged 8.1 million viewers and a 4.9 rating/9 share for the night, ahead of CBS' 7.3 million and 4.9/8. Next came FOX with 6.5 million and a 3.7/6, followed by ABC (4.9 million, 2.9/5) and ...

Press Releases: Interview With Andrea Mitchell of NBC  [U.S. Department of State]
Interview With Andrea Mitchell of NBC Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan July 18, 2010 QUESTION: Secretary Clinton, thank you very much for doing this interview today. You have come to Pakistan at a very difficult time. Perhaps it’s always a difficult time in Pakistan, but terror attacks, increasing security threats, and attacks in Afghanistan at the same ...

EUR Film Review: The Contenders  [EURweb]
*If you like unraveling multi-layered mysteries, but are interested in a whodunit a little less mind-bending and less time-intensive than the thoroughly-confounding Inception, then look no further than this readily-digestible character-driven drama. The facts here are quite simple. Nora (Anna Gutto) and Ken (Nick Stevenson) have decided to host a birthday party for a friend [...]

Fox on Sex: Help! I Can't Find My Sex Life!  [Fox News]
Let's face it, sex before marriage is easy. It's new. It's exciting. It's all you have to worry about. Or at least all most of us choose to worry about. But once you get married the sex tends to change.

Achieving Happiness: Keeping passion in your marriage • Lifestyle (www.HometownAnnapolis.com[[[SHIFTIN ...  [The Capital]
Marriages aren't always what they appear to be to others, as the recent split between Al and Tipper Gore has shown us. Many people were surprised by the split, as they remembered the Gores giving each other a passionate kiss at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.

Fox on Sex: Help! I Can't Find My Sex Life!  [FOX 61 Chattanooga]
You think about him all day long. You want to rip her clothes off the minute you see her. Sex, anytime, anywhere. No one else to think about. Nothing else to worry about. It’s just the two of you against the world, and your naked bodies up against every wall and piece of furniture in the house.

Why Do Pets Get Better Press Than Children?  [wowOwow]
Writer Sybil Sage reacts to a New York magazine article on parenting and happiness Sybil Sage | 07/18/2010 12:00 am According to an article in New York magazine , a number of studies have revealed that parenting is not necessarily a source of happiness. Creating babies, therefore, may be something you shouldn’t try at home. Children, like Toyotas, appear to be a disappointment and may, in fact ...

Family: Bringing out your ’best you’  [New Straits Times]
WOULD you like to learn how to have astonishing breakthroughs for yourself, friends, and people like you? Learn to be a great coach.

'I'm the happiest I've ever been'  [Daily Telegraph]
AFTER two years, a public marriage split with a paparazzi circus, Sonia Kruger has finally found her perfect partner. Video: Sonia on our shoot.

Jordan's rape torment  [News Of The World]
IT was the early hours when Katie Price got back from a star-studded bash and softly knocked on best friend Gary Cockerill's bedroom door.

A supporting cast  [The Globe and Mail]
The gallivanting gourmet visits a Winnipeg friend's cabin to fish, and hooks a few insights into middle-aged love and friendship

Ladies, don't be an Eeyore in your relationship  [CNN]
When single women gather they tend to complain ad nauseam about the lack of available good men.

Anti-gay marriage group rallies at City Hall plaza  [New Hampshire Union Leader]
The national organization that spent $200,000 earlier this year on an ad campaign attacking Gov. John Lynch brought the battle a little closer to home yesterday with a rally at City Hall Plaza.

Former girls basketball star found happiness when she discovered her faith  [The Kansas City Star]
Although she spends upward of 40 hours a week at the International House of Prayer, it’s safe to say no one here knows that in her old life Erica Grimaldi was the best high school girls basketball player in Kansas City. That spiritual journey started after she left the city limits but has brought her back home as a new person.

Alanna Zabel: The Passion of Mel  [The Huffington Post]
Did you hear the phone call recordings of Oksana Grigorieva and the assumed Mel Gibson? I did. Yep, I listened to all five of the...

Kristen Houghton: Happiness Is: Taking Control of Your Life After Infidelity  [The Huffington Post]
Kudos to all women, and men as well, who survive the heartache and pain of infidelity. You deserve better. Write those books, do those interviews. You're the survivor after all.

Mars and Venus Author John Gray Answers Our Most Pressing Questions on Relationships, Sex and Fertility  [PR.com]
John Gray, Author of Venus On Fire, Mars On Ice Can those of us alive today in the 21st century take a cue from our turn of the 20th century ancestors when it comes to sustaining solid marriages that don’t end in divorce, re-invigorating marital sexual relations, and even aiding in fertility? According to John Gray, PhD, relationships expert and author and creator of the Mars and Venus franchise ...

David A. Love: California NAACP Is Right for Supporting Prop 19  [The Huffington Post]
California NAACP president Alice Huffman is catching a great deal of flack for supporting Proposition 19, the ballot initiative that would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana in her state.

Passions persist on gay marriage  [Portland Press Herald]
The group that helped repeal Maine's law begins a tour here, and the 'enemy' rallies too.

The Kids Are All Right  [DVD Talk]
Highly Recommended "The Kids Are All Right" is a striking film, though not due to any type of emotional hurricanes or drastic turns of fate. It's frequently mesmerizing in the manner it observes a longstanding domestic commitment, following a married couple through the rigors of parenting teens, the strain of intimacy issues, and the irritation of habits. Writer/director Lisa Cholodenko ...

NOM launches 'Summer for Marriage' tour  [Portland Press Herald]
The National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage, came to Augusta's Capitol Park today to launch a tour of several states that will play a key role in the debate moving forward.

The Bridge: Of Harlots & Manwhores  [EURweb]
*At 38, Ron had been with enough women to fill twelve issues of Essence. He had loved a few, but mostly, he had either hurt them or had been hurt by them. At this stage in his life, he wanted something more. Ron wanted more than just the sexual conquests that most of the women [...]

The End of Sex: Goodbye Highbrow Smut  [The New York Observer]
A couple of weeks ago on the op-ed page of The New York Times , Camille Paglia declared Americans sexually dead. Some months before that, the essayist Katie Roiphe declared male American novelists literarily dead in the description-of-sex department. Just about a year ago, the critic Cristina Nehring published a book, The Vindication of Love, declaring Americans also sexually dead-as well as ...

New Ambassador Takes Oath On Vineyard Haven Front Porch  [Vineyard Gazette]
At 10 o’clock in the evening on June 30, Theodore (Tod) and Kate Sedgwick had just turned out the lights of their shoreside colonial summer home in Vineyard Haven, ready to settle into their first night of vacation when the phone rang with an unusual insistence.

Alexis Jordan: Dreams Do Come True  [Teen Music]
Look up into any night sky and you will see a thousand stars gleaming with wishes and dreams placed upon them.  Some come true and others don’t but for Alexis Jordan it appears that all of her dreams are becoming a fast reality.  After wowing the judges on...

Angus Moat should be heard  [The New Statesman]
Raoul Moat was a monster. But why did the police decline a crucial invitation to talk him down?